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How To Pray In Just One MinuteIf you’ve ever been in a synagogue in your life, you know that a typical Jewish prayer service can go on for hours.
But what about the average Jew who wants to find a way to connect with God through prayer, but who is not engaged by the prolonged Hebrew prayers in a standard Jewish prayer book? Is there a way for a Jewish person to pray, to connect with God on a daily basis, a way that does not involve reciting lengthy prayers in a language he or she doesn’t really understand? Happily, there is. A friend recently brought a one-minute prayer technique to my attention. It works so well, I wanted to share it with you. It comes from a book called Where Earth and Heaven Kiss by Ozer Bergman. Here are the basic steps which I have adapted, using my own language.
Of course, you can take longer than one minute to complete this prayer exercise. You can take as long as you want. After the first few times, it shouldn’t take longer than just a minute or so.
I like to do this prayer at the end of the day. It gives me a way to review my day and to spend a moment with God before falling asleep. But you can do this kind of prayer anywhere, at any time, no matter who is around or what else is going on around you. You don’t need special clothes, special books, any knowledge of Hebrew or a special building. There are five separate prayer services on Yom Kippur and it can take 13 or more hours to complete them in some synagogues. That’s one type of Jewish prayer.
This is another. Yom Kippur is intense, but it’s only one day a year. This one minute prayer offers a way for me to connect to God in a personal way, every day. I really encourage you to give it a try. ---
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